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Amy Louise Leonard, 20, a makeup artist from Greater Manchester in England, lost the ability to walk for three weeks after inhaling a balloon filled with nitrous oxide, commonly called laughing gas.—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 Is this moving-picture love letter overly sentimental, sloppy to a fault, and slightly more affectionate toward its posthumous subject than a basket of puppies high on laughing gas?—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025 The child had come to the practice a few months prior, at 3 years old, and Davis had attempted to use nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, to perform the procedure.—Deon J. Hampton, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025 Although laughing gas poses the most imminent danger to users – death by asphyxiation – kratom is addictive and can also be dangerous for users, causing liver toxicity and seizures, according to the FDA.—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laughing gas
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